Recollections of the Last Half-Century (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from Recollections of the Last Half-Century

I am aware that in the eyes of many I have laid myself open to the charge of dwelling on details having but slight connexion with matters of more general interest. Against this I shall not defend myself, as I write under the conviction that details of a private nature are sometimes more useful to future historians than documentary evidence, which often lacks the insight to unveil the real causes to which great events are mainly due.

I wish the reader to understand that I simply narrate what I myself have seen, heard, or done, with a View of recording actual facts as well as opinions and ideas prevailing at that time, upon which I was requested by Prince Louis Napoleon at various times to speak my mind freely.

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Excerpt from Recollections of the Last Half-Century

The Marked Favour bestowed by the public and the press on the papers contributed by me to 'Fraser's Magazine' a short time ago, in furtherance of the object I had in view of rectifying incorrect notions prevailing hitherto in reference to some of the most important events in the life of Prince Louis Napoleon prior to his advent to the Presidency of the French Republic, has encouraged me to include them in this volume, and to add accounts of various affairs in which I have borne a part since 1828, when I became acquainted with Prince Napoleon Louis, the elder brother of the late Emperor, Napoleon III.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.